Bushfires threatened dozens of rural towns in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures are forecast to soar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly released satellite imagery from Copernicus EU shows the scale of the bushfires affecting the Australian state of Victoria.

Some of the world's most destructive bushfires take place in the southern state. Its unique mix of fierce winds, high fuel loads and rugged terrain are to blame.

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - An Australian firefighter was killed overnight after he was struck by a tree while trying to control a bushfire that had destroyed homes and burnt large swathes of ...

A bushfire on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula has had its warning level again downgraded, but the Country Fire Service ...

Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. A bushfire burns in Mount Lawson State Park, ...